Improvement in shawl-strap handles



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SHA'WL'STRAP HANDLE. I No.175,773. Patented 'April 4, 1875.

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UNITED ySTATES PATENT CEFICE.

RICHARD SIMS, 0E NEWARLINEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAWL-STRAP HNDLES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,773, dated April 4, 1876; 'application filed November 4, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, RICHARD SIMS, of Newark, in the county of Essex and in the. State of h ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shawl-Strap Handles; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making' a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a metallic handle for shawlstraps, satchels, travelingbags, 86e., as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

\In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in Which-.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved metallic handle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same.

This handle, A, is made of one piece of sheet metal, struck up by suitable dies so as to be concave along its outer Side, and the ends turned over to form the loops B B, in which the rings C C are placed. A handle made in this manner is not onlyl light and cheap, but is also strong and durable, and may be used for hand bags, satchels, shawl and school straps, and many other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A handle for shawl-straps and other purposes, struck up from a single piece of sheet metal in concave forni, and having the ends bent over and forming the loops B B to receive the rings U C, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set in y hand and seal this 16th day of October, 1875.

RICHARD SIMS. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

GRAS. W. CRANE, JOHN HOLMES. 

